Wired brassiere



Feb. 19, 1952 G. W. GLUCKIN WIRED BRASSIERE Filed July 16, 194'? INVENTOR fc-R'AL v LucK//v ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 19, i952 ED .PATIENT OFFIJCL'I?.j

2,586,529 WIREDBRASSIRE GeraldW.".Grlilcki'rnl New .York; NI Y;

Application J uly, 16, 1947,4 Serial No. 761,189?- 'This invention relates to. Wired brassires: More'particularly; the inventionpertain'sto that type of wired brassire vwherein a'`sing`le wire 'elementis' usedwhich is common :to both' bust cups and which only" reinforces' the inner-'edge of"each cup. Said 'elementtypically includes two circumferentially spacedA vertically extend*- ing'i'reacl'ies,` onewassociatedwith each bust cup.

It'lisan'object ofthe-invention to provide a brassire of' the" character described in4 which thewire element is secured neither to the bust cupsln'orto'any other-part Vofthe brassire but rather isslidablyinsertable in retaining pockets alongside tliei'nner'edges ofthe bustcup's so that sai'd element'fca'n be inserted andremovedby the userwth-ease It lisf anotherobject of" the invention lto providel a brassirel of; the character described in sotlfiatfitvcan be manufactured' at a low cost and i be incorporated' in the brassire'- at4 the factory by relatively unskilled help:

It is a further object of the invention to provide; a brassire of the character described in which a simple yet effective means is employed to prevent the Wire relement from' falling out, this .means -being -so constructed` as'ifnot to unduly complicate the withdrawal i-said; element and to be easilymovediaside.atsuch time as the element isto'be'slid out of "its retaining pockets.

Other-.objects of the invention will in partlbe obvious:v and in .part be Ypointed out hereinafter.

VThe linvention.accordinglyfconsists in the features of construction, combinations of velements andi arrangements ofhparts whichvwill be `exemplifi'edin the. construction'. hereinafter described and the scope of which will be indicated in the appended claim.

In the drawings, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this 1nvention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a brassire embodying the invention, the same being shown on a lay figure for purpose of illustration;

Fig. 2 is an inside view of the brassire as it appears when at;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged inside fragmentary view of the central portion of the brassire;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views taken substantially along the lines 4--4 and 5-5 respectively of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the wire element.

Referring now to the drawings, l0 denotes a brassire constructed in accordance with the invention.. VSaid brassire, comprises twoflike bustA cups l2, I 4 whose. bust-v receivina portions. are. 'of conventional construction y comprising Vby way; of:

example Aan upper fabric panelv I6' 'and'v a., lowerI fabric vpanel I8,.joined .to each other. 'by ,stitching along anarcuate line 20, Whichis downwardlyv concave and. whichpassesacross, the center.. of the cup. The inner side. o'fjthedowerjpanell is reinforced by apairofcrossed"'angi11arly`disg posed wide fabric strips 2'2; 24"-attachedt`o. said panel by av pluralityV off rows` of..stitcliin'g,2`6,i. 2'8 running parallel to `the vlongitudinaledgje's offs'ad strips.v In addition,. a .p'i'ece of. (netting, 3l)r 'coextensive with the 'panel I8 'may be provided'to overlie said lpanel and the. strips- 22,. f24. The inner edges 32 ofboth bust cupsaresubstantially straight and verticalgsaid inner edges; being held in spaced relatiorishipby the useofjatconstruetion hereinafter describedin detail.' The outer edges of the bust cupsuhave secured"th'ereto conventional fabric panels 34 'which extend jun.- der the arm and around to the back Voffftli'e wearer. Standard shoulder straps 36fc'o'nnect the tops 'of the bust cups to. the .panels-Slatthe rear of the brassire.

In order to lessen circumferential 'strain Lupen a central Wire element hereinafter described; fabric means is provided tov join sai'd'bust'cups, said means-being so disposedthat itdoesnot interfere` with' the deep and wide separation'` b'etween the inner edges; 32 vof the. bust cups; 'Said means comprises a' narrow; doubled `'two-ply strip 38 ofl fabric located .betweenth'etwo Ybust' Vcups and disposed" at" the bottoms Yof til-erinnert. edges thereof Said-i piece vof fabric4 is secured to the bust` cups by 4circumerentiallyextending"stitch'- ing 4U and two rows ofverticallyextending.,

stitching 421' It will be notedthat the front portion of the doubled strip 38 is 'disposed on the exterior surfaces of the bust cups and the rear portion of said strip overlies the interior portions of the bust cups along the bottom marginal portions thereof. and that the lower edges of the bust cups are quite close to the folded edge of the strip. yThus the portions of the strip which do not bridge the space between the two bust cups constitute, in effect, portions of the bust cups and, more specically, comprise bindings for the lower marginal portions thereof. Inasmuch as said strip is a part of each Ibust cup, it may be continued along the bottom edge of each cup in order to lend a pleasing appearance to the brassire. Furthermore, it is convenient to allow the strip to extend along the bottom edges of the panels 34, as well, for thesame reason.

Said strip extends beyond the tips of the panels 34 and the extending portions carry a hook 44 and a series of eyes 46, respectively, for the purpose of detachably securing the two ends of the brassire together at the back of the wearer. Desirably, a circumferentially elastic insert 4B may be included, as is customary in the art.

The vertical inner edges 32 of the bust cups are held in erect position on a wearer by means of a reinforcing element 50 composed of a selfforrn-maintaining material which, preferably, is somewhat resilient. A suitable material for this purpose is steel in the form of wire, which may be enameled if the steel is not stainless in order to prevent the same from rusting. The element 50 includes a circumferentially disposed base 52 from the two ends of which upward parallel reaches 54, 56 extend vertically.

Each inner edge 32 of the bust cups is provided with a pocket to receive freelyl a vertical reach of the'wire element. 'Such pockets are indicated by the numerals 58 and are best illustrated in Fig. where they will be seen to be formed by fabric tapes 60 superimposed on the side marginal portions of the bust cups at the backs thereof, the tapes being stitched to the bust cups only along the longitudinal edges of the tapes, thus leaving free and clear the longitudinally extending central portions of the tapes. Said pockets are open at their bottom ends 62 whereby to permit simple insertion of the wire element therein.

It will be observed that both pockets terminate within the area enclosed by the doubled strip 38 between the vertical rows of stitching 42, this particular portion of the strip having its upper edges unconnected to one another. In this fashion, the central portion of the strip, which serves to hold the two bust cups together, also functions to prevent the wire element 50 from falling out of the pockets.

When it is desired to remove the Wire element, it simply is necessary to distort the doubled-over portion of the strip 38 suiciently to expose the base 52 of thewire element, whereupon the same readily can be withdrawn.

It thus will be seen that there is provided a brassire which achieves the several objects of the invention and is adapted to be employed successfully on a commercial scale.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above described, it is to be understood that al1 matters herein set forth, or shown in the accornpanying drawings, is to be interpreted as illu'strative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described the invention, there is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent:

A brassire comprising a pair of spaced bust cups, each of said bust cups having a substantially straight vertical inner edge portion and a base, the vertical inner edge portion of each bust cup meeting the base of said bust cup to form an inside bottom corner, the inner edge portion of each lbust cup extending upwardly from adjacent the base of said bust cup, said portions being spaced from one another circumferentially of the brassire, each of said edge portions having a vertically extending pocket, each pocket having a bottom end, said bottom ends being open and unconnected with one another, a U-shaped wire element comprising a base having ends and a pair of spaced upwardly extending reaches at said ends of the base of the wire element, said reaches being slidably disposed in said pockets. and means to hold the inside bottom corners of said bust cups together independently of said wire element, said last-named means comprising a strip of non-elastic fabric which is doubled over along its longitudinal central axis thus forming a doubled over portion and a folded edge, said strip of fabric constituting a body-encircling band which runs along and is secured to the bases of the bust cups and extends across the space between the two bust cups, the folded edge of said strip being lowermost, a part of the doubled over portion of the strip being disposed between the bust cups, said part of the doubled over portion being unconnected except at the folded edge and forming a receptacle within which the base of the wire element is disposed thereby to prevent the reaches of said element from accidentally sliding out of the vertical pockets, the bottom ends of the vertical pockets terminating within said part of the doubled over strip extending between the bust cups.

GERALD W. GLUCKIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,970,920 Roth Aug. 21, 1934 2,417,687 Hunau Mar. 18, 1947 2,436,094 Bowen Feb. 17, 1948 2,454,154 Glick Nov. 16, 1948 2,466,280 Schaumer Apr. 5, 1949 

